The Christian (Catholic?) View on Heaven, Marriage, and Celibacy. (Or the Good News is That Even Christian Marriage is Temporary?)
by Peter LawlerSo here’s still more from my (endless) BYU lecture. This part includes issues that I might well have skipped as above my pay grade, except they were of special interest to my audience. Our friends and expert bloggers THE BROTHERS JUDD said my previous post on marriage vs. existential . . . . Continue Reading »
Some Further Short Thoughts on Skyfall
by John PresnallThis time with spoilers. Here . . . . . Continue Reading »
Marriage vs. Existential Loneliness: Still More on the Christian View
by Peter LawlerSo here’s another excerpt from the talk I gave at BYU. “Gave,” of course, doesn’t mean I really read the whole darn thing. We are, as persons, whole beings. There’s no true distinction between being a person and being a human being. We free persons have bodies, and our . . . . Continue Reading »
The President’s Social Psychologists
by Peter LawlerSo when you read about the alleged wisdom of this “dream team” it’s all fairly obvious. It’s marketing—techniques well known to corporations and such. The difference between the two campaigns is that the president’s men and women really used that knowledge to . . . . Continue Reading »
My Epistle to the Conservative Catholics
by Peter Lawler. . . with some Tocquevillian spin . . . . . Continue Reading »
Going Forward
by Kate PitroneEnough with the wailing and gnashing of teeth, already. Complaining about the neighbors doesn’t improve the neighborhood. Half of eligible voters didn’t vote and the half that did was divided pretty evenly. Two percentages points seems like so little, although given the size . . . . Continue Reading »
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